Managing Chinese diverse workforce: toward a theory of organizational inclusion

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to apply and integrate the existing literature of inclusion to develop a multi-level theory of organizational inclusion for the more and more diverse workforce.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper first analyzes the issue of workforce diversity in China, and then reviews the concept of organizational inclusion. After that, this paper develops a multi-level model of organizational inclusion catering to Chinese diversity issue.

Findings

This paper outlines a series of propositions on how organizational, group, interpersonal and individual factors affect inclusion at both organizational and individual levels, and the consequences of inclusion in the workplace.

Originality/value

This paper is the first research to discuss the inclusion management in Chinese context. This paper proposes a multi-level theoretical model of organizational inclusion to guide empirical studies on the integration of the diversity in workplace in China.

Citation

Tang, N., Zheng, X. and Chen, C. (2017), "Managing Chinese diverse workforce: toward a theory of organizational inclusion", Nankai Business Review International, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 39-56. https://doi.org/10.1108/NBRI-03-2016-0010